4901:5-3-02
Fees.

(A)
Fees for electric transmission owners or
electric utilities shall be submitted annually to the commission on or before
May first.

(B)
Fees for gas and
natural gas distribution companies shall be submitted annually to the
commission on or before September fifteenth.

(C)
All fee payments shall be made by check,
payable to "the public utilities commission of Ohio."

(D)
The commission shall annually determine
the fee each utility must pay, and shall notify each utility as to that amount
at least thirty days prior to the date payment is due.

(E)
Fees for electric transmission owners or
electric utilities will be based on:

(1)
For
electric transmission owners, the fee shall be two and one-half mills per
megawatt hour delivery based upon the energy deliveries for loads connected to
the system inside Ohio for the most recent year for which actual data is
reported on the most recently filed form FE-T1 column twelve.

(2)
For electric utilities, the fee shall be
two and one-half mills per

megawatt-hour delivery based upon the net energy for
load for the most recent year for which actual data is reported on the most
recently filed form FE-D1 column eight.

(F)
Fees for gas and natural gas distribution
companies will be based on two factors:

(1)
In-state total number of meters in December of the preceding year, as reported
to the commission on form SG-1.

(2)
Total in-state sales for the most recent
calendar year for which actual data are reported to the commission on the most
recently filed form SG-1.

(G)
Annual fees for gas and natural gas
distribution companies shall be the sum of the following charges: